Scranton walks off with a Game 2 win

Triple-A Scranton (1-0 win in 13 innings, walk-off style) SWB leads the best-of-five series 2-0 thanks to their second straight walk-off win … one more win and they’ll be the first Yanks’ AAA affiliate to win the Governor’s Cup since the good ol’ Columbus Clippers in 1991 … Kei Igawa gets the ball in Game 3 tomorrow … Yanks pitchers set a franchise record with 17 K
Justin Christian, Juan Miranda & Matt Carson: all 0 for 5 – Miranda K’ed thrice, Carson twice
Bernie Castro: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB, 1 CS – walk-off single was their first hit since the 5th inning
Shelley Duncan, Ben Broussard & Chris Basak: all 0 for 4 – Shelley drew a walk & K’ed twice … Broussard drew a walk & K’ed thrice … Basak K’ed twice
Eric Duncan: 1 for 4, 3 K
Nick Green: 1 for 1 – left the game due to injury
Chris Stewart: 1 for 3, 1 R, 2 BB – picked a runner off second with a snap throw … scored the winning run after drawing a walk & being sacrificed into scoring position
Ian Kennedy: 5 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 8 K, 1 HB, 3-3 GB/FB – 67 of 106 pitches were strikes (63.2%) … tip your cap to the kid, you don’t allow 11 baserunners in 5 innings & not give up a run without being able to a pitch when you have too … games like this are good for young pitchers, learning how to get by on days you don’t have your best stuff is a big part of pitching
Steven Jackson: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 3-1 GB/FB – 24 of 36 pitches were strikes (66.7%) … that’s some solid relief work right there
Mark Melancon: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 2-2 GB/FB – 12 of 14 pitches were strikes (85.7%) … he recorded a K, GB & FB in his first inning of work in a grand total of 5 pitches … ladies and gentlemen, Mark Melancon
Scott Strickland: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-3 GB/FB – 19 of 27 pitches were strikes (71.4%)
Oneli Perez: 1 IP, zeroes

Double-A Trenton (13-10 loss to Akron) the best-of-five series is tied 1-1 … Trenton was down 13-6 heading into the 9th, but they managed to bring the tying run to the plate … George Kontos gets the start in Game 3 on Friday
Reegie Corona: 0 for 6, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding)
Ramiro Pena 3 for 6, 2 R, 2 K, 1 E (throwing)
Austin Jackson: 3 fpr 6, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K – can’t blame him for the loss
Chris Malec & Kevin Russo: both 2 for 4, 2 R – Malec doubled, drove in a run & walked twice … Russo drew a walk
Colin Curtis & PJ Pilittere: both 1 for 5, 1 BB – Curtis scored a run, drove in 2 & K’ed twice … PJ drove in a run
Edwar Gonzalez: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
James Cooper: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Chris Garcia: 6 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 1 HBP – maybe it was the result of not pitching in 9 days
Jose Valdez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 1-2 GB/FB
Humberto Sanchez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Kevin Whelan: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GB/FB – and thar she goes
Wilkins Arias: 0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – allowed 2 of 3 inherited runners to score
Anthony Claggett: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K – allowed both inherited runners to score

High-A Tampa’s season is over; they did not qualify for the playoffs. The Daytona Cubs won the league championship.

Low-A Charleston’s season is over; they did not qualify for the playoffs. The Augusta Green Jackets (Giants) lead the West Virginia Power (Brewers) 2-0 in the best-of-five South Atlantic League Championship series.

Short Season Staten Island‘s season is over; they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. The Jamestown Jammers (Marlins) will take on the Batavia Muckdogs (Cards) in the best-of-three NY-Penn League Championship series.

The Rookie GCL Yanks’ season is over. The GCL Phils won the league championship.